耐人寻味 — Chinese idiom
耐人寻味
nài rén xún wèi
Traditional: 耐人尋味
Meaning
- thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
Character by character
- 耐nàito resist, to bear; patient, enduring
- 人rénman, person; people
- 寻xúnto seek; to search for, to look for; ancient
- 味wèitaste; smell, odor; delicacy
Idioms sharing a character
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
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